A look at more than 90 Mormons on reality TV shows since 2000

Since the year 2000, more than 90 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have appeared on reality TV shows. Following is a list of reality TV participants who have been identified in the media as Mormon.

@Esquire. No, not really. A better analogy would be the fascinitation of when
someone who went to the same school as you makes it big. Like my kids for
example, they get excited because Noelle Pikus Pace went to their junior high -
albeit years before. I don't know the proper name for the phenomena, but
either way, it's kind of fun and cool for them to have that connection.
Same with the Mormon thing. Even though Utah doesn't experience a shortage
of believers, you step over to Russia, it must be nice for them to know that
they aren't as isolated as they may feel sometimes in following the faith.

I'm pretty certain Mormons have no issue with
"acceptance" as you claim. Recognition and awareness maybe, but
acceptance, no.

With the "Biggest Loser" topping the list in numbers of participants,
this has to be anything but a “Mormon Media Blitz”. Why don’t
we recognize these people as individuals--some wanting self-improvement, others
wishing to express a talent or extend a career, still others showing an interest
in human nature. In most cases, I fail to see any reason to either praise them
or trash them because they are LDS--or even do the same for the LDS Church in
general. This story is merely a human interest story for a Deseret News
readership that is largely LDS. That being said, many of the shows by
their nature display attributes that are not up to LDS Standards. No individual
judgment here—but we’ve seen specific incidents where LDS and
general Christian values have been maintained in spite of the shows’
formats. I extend my compliments to participants when they’ve been able
to do that.